Show QUEEN VICTORIA IN PRIVATE LIFE 1 f Strong Will and Rare Kindness Kind-ness and Consideration HER LABORIOUS HABITS 1ILIGET IN KAMIM AS WELL AS STATE AFFAIRS xfrem Conscientlonsne Has Wever JVarlcd in Conscanenee She Has Had to Go Through an Immense Amount of Work Daily ILifo at Windsor Tlcniarkablc Xiotice Kroin the Qnccir < to the Prince of Vnles jpyright 1895 by S S McClure Limited ndon July 13One day very sooner soon-er accession Lord Melbourne ng a paper before her majesty tture observed that she need I Ie to sign it without examin it was not a matter of para upoitancc The queen an But it is to me of paramount whether or not I attach re to a document with not thoroughly satisfied occasion when the minis the expediency of some he answer was I have ght my lord to judge beat be-at is right and what is Expediency is a word I neither rear nor to understand Ireme conscientiousness of the as never varied In conse she has had to go through an h amount of work The Em INapoJpon m was perfectly then re heard from Prince Al fw hard the queen of England I Lord Palmerston has put it fird that in 1S4S no less than ispatches were submitted to her y Wnen Lord Melbourne apol for the close application ren cessary byso large a number isome documents My lordly rt pl lord-ly it is but a change of in I have not lived a life of id as you know it is not I left off my daily lessons e 1 kept tt journal In which cd everjthing remarkable her notice with her own thereon After every Ini ite she consulted the ncws made a summary of the one of the ladies of the is entrusted with that precious documents for s It was Observed that tigrt never lost any her hair was being t ladies reaci to her I eyes closed to rest > al faitigue I Punctuality ich work required nd the < queen has this politeness of asions one of her tinge The third timeS time-S laiy in question rmistre ss with a watch lushing at this silent iid she feared she had ajesty Yes for quite JlL < was the grave answer that her A luS so abashed the culprit trembling hands were unable to ar aif her own shawl upon which the hueen came to the rescue saying kindly kind-ly We shall all in time be more per et at our duties I When at the fall of the Melbourne jiinistrj she was asked by Sir Rob t Peel to dismiss certain ladles of i > r houaeiold related to members of th > exm nistry This request met with a peremptory refusal and her majesty wrote a letter on the subject to Lord Melbourne which Queen Elizabeth Eliz-abeth might have signed They wanted want-ed to deprive me of my ladies so ran ithe letter and I suppose they would < frsrlv m neitcf my dresses and my housemaids they wished to treat me like a girl but I will show them that I am queen of England The Qneens Bally Life at Windsor Greville has left a graphic letter of the young Sovereigns mode of life at Windsor of her regular habits assiduity assi-duity in work activity cheerfulness and good nature She rose early and all the morning was devoted to bust esS At 2 oclock says Greville e rides with a large suite and she 4o have it numerous for two 1 along the road the greater part S f i lime at full gallop The queen aL lave been somewhat proud of her 110 emanship Soon after her acces 6io she held a review at Windsor and cha med her soldiers by her good rid 4 Ing ud 11 > r half military dress The S yiister suggested that it would S becoming if the queen re v1e helvtroops from a carnage but she insistedvOflTldng saying t Rc Tnembor my lord ncT fierse no review re-view viewAfter After riding continues Greville she amuses herselffor the rest of the aft > rnoon with music and singing I 4 pliying and romping with children if I if there are anyJin the castle and she is Iso I-so fond of them that she generally II contrives to have ome there or in any other way she may fancy One of 1 S the little urchins one day horrified an I 5 5 attentive audience by telling the t ueen with the utmost candor T dont 3ike you But why dont you like me my boy Because you are the jueen of England and you killed Queen Mao Her maj3ly has always regretted that she was not a little taller Not quite tall enough for a queen she I said once or twice and we read in flier journal that the princess royal ran And jumped as of old though I fear still little as Victoria used to do Such a little love of a queen wrote Lady GranviHe to her sister but her being r rather short does not deprive the queen of real majesty Before age tuul infirmities had wrought their us t val sad effects her walk and carriage t were most beautiful and her manner of bowing is simply perfect Tears I lave not dimmed her bright limpid V blue c and her smile is as sweet as I PS5ter TPrinco Alberts Helpfulness to the = Queen i I The queens laborious habits were I encpurag d and developed bj Prince Albert whose sole aim in life as lieS lie-S told his father was to bp of U top to-p Victoria Her majesty has been singularly i sin-gularly fortunate in the character and ff devotion of J1 her early advisers and it Prince Alberts influence in her private s pri-vate anr1 official life cannot be too highly estmate The lofty moral atmosphere at-mosphere in which they both meved ¼ the purity honesty and simplicity of ifcpir life were admirable examples fore fu for-e JiattcD Uon r The iueer admits that previous to Jher marriage she was something of a partisan her sympathies were all with h e Whigs When the Melbourne cab let fell the prince consort told the z royal lady It w high time to offer j the TorIes the olive branch and she i followed his advice It was known k A ihat she did not like Sir Robert Peel Be too was aware of i and had been told this dislike would Induce her < Ho trip up liis heels whenever she t Mouldy Such was not Lord Mel < mmyoums opinion The queen said he mi rnot conceited She i aware there are may things she cannot understand I under-stand and she likes io have them ex 5 5a1ned io her shortly and clearly l I Immediately after his first audience Peel declared that the queens be navior to him had been perfect Ocing to her tact and that of Prince Albert the difference which existed in rnJitv between reiy J the place occupied by the prime ministers after the queens I Carriage and that filled by Lord Mel bourne was barely noticed by the pub lie But there Is no doubt that the ministers as well as the sovereign recognized the superior Intellectual quality of the princes mind the moral torccv of his character his grave and intense individuality Husband and wife became so identified with each other that I the they were literally lteraly one person per-son Their union was as the prince said an union of heart and soul and Prince AIl rtH Devotion to the Queen The queen could not create him king consort but he was king to all intents and purposes He never attempted to destroy her own individuality but as S J 1 i I I I I il ri iL 11 9 Generations of the Iloynl House of norland The Queen the Prince of AVales the Duke of York and 1riiice Albert Edward of York he put it to the Duke of Wellington he shunned ostentation and sank his own existence in that of his wife He assumed no separate responsibility before be-fore the public but he became her sole confidential adviser in rpolitics and assisted as-sisted her in her communications with the officers of the government he was the father of the royal children the private secretary and permanent minister min-ister of the sovereign They shared everything together work as well as play Victoria wrote the prince to his uncle King Leopold is the treasure on which my whole existence rests while on the other hand he influenced her in everything every-thing I told Albert said the queen that formerly I was too happy to go to London and dreaded leaving it and now since the blessed hour of my marriage mar-riage I am unhappy to leave the country coun-try and would be content never to go to town The Queens Skill and Devotion asa as-a Mother Prince Albert was a passionate lover of the beauties of nature he was very fond of gardening Osborne in the Isle of Wight and Balmoral in Scot land were both sources of great enjoyment en-joyment to him There the royal babies disported themselves and were really as happy as little kings Great pains were taken to make their education edu-cation as perfect as possible The que < n wished them to be brought up simply and domestically was anxious that they should be a great deal with their parents and learn to place their I greatest confidence in them She considered con-sidered it a hard case that she was not always able to be with her little ones when they said their prayers and since they have grown into men and women she has never ceased to influence in-fluence them No foolish luxuries were allowed in the nursery one of the nurses observed that the children were kept very plain indeed it was quite poor living only a bit of roast beef and perhaps a plain pudding I I The following memorandum drawn up by the queen for the guidance of the instructors of the princess royal is a proof of her majestys large and tolerant tol-erant mind I am quite clear that she should be taught to have great rever enXe to God and to religion but that she should have the feeling of devo ton andvlevc which our heavenly fa her encourages his earthly children to have for him acd not one of fear and trembling and that the thoughts of death and an after life should not be represented in an alarming and forbidding bidding aspect and that she should bet be-t as yet to know no difference of creeds and not to think she can only pray on her knees or that those who do not knel are less fervent and devout de-vout in their prayers With all her tenderness the queen I was very firm her children were ex ected to be obedient and respectful to their teachers kind and polite to l i Two of the princesses when very young one day happened to go into 1 room where a housemaid was polishing polish-ing the firegrate They insisted upon helping her and when in possession of the brushes set to work to polish Vie poor womans face She ran away In her flight she encountered Prince Albert I I Al-bert and was overwhelmed with shame I and confusion He questioned her j She had to tell the truth and the queen was informed of the delin uency Presently she was seen crossing I cross-ing the court towards the servants Quarters leading the two little cuinrits b y the hand The woman was called out and the princesses were made to ask her forgiveness Professor Tyndails Visit to the Queen The celebrated Prof Tynflall has left an interesting reminiscence of his first visit to Osborne I was invited he writes with three or four very dls nguished men to go down to Osborne and talk to the children on natters of science I did not expect more than i familiar conversation but l found I had to lecture before her majesty her I self and being entirely undisciplined in the manners of a court I fear my i behavior was not what i ought to have been my uncertainty in this respect spect was a cause of intense discomfort fort to me But on the following mOr ng the discomfort melted away like cloud in the presence of the cordia merry laughter and pleasant conversa tions of Prince Leopold then a little boy The prince took me over his small gardens sheaving me his ImPlements ImPle-ments of husbandry wheelbarrows spades rakes and hoes allotted to him t his brothers and sisters by their noble and most wise father He lowed me their museum and told me to whom each of the objects belonged and It was a profound comfort to me tor J felt that I was standing not in I the presence of any hollow artificiality artificial-ity but in the presence of royal persons I per-sons who had changed hollowness and artificiality for the cultivation of those virtues which lie in the of le power every upright wise man In any grade of society I so-ciety I returned cheered and enabled to get through the remainder of m > work much more happily than I I should otherwise have done I A Iciuarki Letter Front the Queen to the Irince of AVales I When the Prince of Wales attained his majority the queen wrote to him announcing his emancipation from parental authority and control I is one of the most admirable letters ever penned says Greville The queen tells the prince he may have thought the rule she and the prince consort adopted for his education rather severe se-vere but that his welfare was their only object and well knowing to what seductions of llattery he would event ually be exposed they wished to prepare pre-pare and strengthen his mind against them that he was now to consider himself his own master that they should never intrude any advice upon him although always ready to give it when he thought fit to seek it I was adds Greville a very long letter let-ter and it seemed to have made a profound pro-found impression on the prince and to have touched his feelings to the quick He brought it to Gerald Wellesley in floods of tears and the effect it produced I pro-duced is a proof of the wisdom which dictated its composition The Queens Kindness to the Poor Of the queens kindness to the poor of her visits to her sick neighbors carrying car-rying with her useful presents reading read-ing chapters of the scriptures to them Osborne and Balmoral can give touching touch-ing words Her majesty is always prompt to sympathize with those who suffer and weep with those who weep for she has suffered and wept much on her own account When crushed by the most cruel affliction the widowed queen was at first stunned by the blow Princess Alice whose fortitude amazed everybody afterwards said she wondered how her mother and herself her-self had lived through the first bitter days At last helped and supported in every way by her most admirable daughter she bowed in submission to the Almightys will saying I have had Gods teaching and have learnt to bear all he lays upon me To D Norman Nor-man MacLeod later she owned that everything seemed dead to her that all she did was done mechanically adding but I will never shrink from duty And bravely has she fulfilled her resolution upheld by the love and veneration of her people Even noW her majesty works hard for ihree hours every morning Since her one I great sorrow others have clouded her life and rent her maternal heart She has lost her beloved daughter Princess I Alice her youngest son Prince Leo pold her grandson the Duke of Clar I ence heir to the throne She has parted from many friends and her majesty is the most faithful of friends I You do nqt know said Princess Christian a short time ago to Viscount I Folkestone how lonely mamma is She feels as if all her friends were dying dy-ing off one by onp all her daughters I are married and with the exception of Beatrice have left her Oh she is so lonely Who can envy kings and queens Nevertheless if Queen Victorias life has not been exempt from the trials of the common lot of humanity i has been blessed in many ways and by thousands of people The queen has reigned for more than half a century without making a personal enemy or a political foe This praise given to her majesty lately l by an English publisher pub-lisher is higher than any of which her ahcestois can boast MARIE DRON3ART |